Introduction Neutrophil elastase activity in sputum can identify patients at high risk of airway
infection and exacerbations in bronchiectasis. Application of this biomarker in clinical …

Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is a cause of bronchiectasis. Guidelines for bronchiectasis
from the British Thoracic Society do not recommend to routinely test patients for AATD. …

The treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer shifted with the development of
molecular-targeted therapies, like the tyrosine kinase inhibitors. One example of tyrosine kinase …

Introduction Bronchiectasis is both a radiological diagnosis and a clinical syndrome. In
children, a pre-bronchiectasis condition called persistent bacterial bronchitis (PBB) has been …

O tratamento do carcinoma do pulmão de não pequenas células avançado mudou com o
desenvolvimento de novas terapêuticas moleculares, tais como os inibidores da tirosina …

To the Editor, It is known that advances in lung cancer treatment over the last two decades
have improved survival rates. Nevertheless, about 40% of patients with lung cancer visit the …

A infecção por Streptococcus bovis, em particular a endocardite infecciosa, está há muito
tempo associada à presença de cancro colorrectal. Recentemente percebeu-se que este é um …

Evaluating the efficacy of omalizumab in severe persistent asthma patients Introduction: In
recent years Omalizumab has changed the paradigm of severe persistent asthma, with …

作品简介:严重bronchiectasis is often described in terms of radiological features.
However few studies have demonstrated how these radiological features reflect disease …

Background: NTM pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) complicates bronchiectasis in approximately
10% of cases. Diagnosis is often delayed due to a lack of recognition and there is no …